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Fred D. Wolinsky, CPA & MBA

Fred D. Wolinsky is available for expert consulting and expert witness engagements through Boschan Corp.  

 

Mr. Wolinsky brings to his litigation support engagements over thirty years of experience auditing major entertainment companies on behalf of entertainers and licensors as well as conducting due diligence reviews and preparation of royalty-based accountings.

 

Mr. Wolinsky's decades of professional history include years with Laventhal & Horwath and Prager & Fenton (now Prager Metis) as well as serving as managing partner at Wolinsky, Becker & Hurewitz, LLP, which he founded in the 1990s (and which merged with Miller, Kaplan, Arase & Co., LLP in 2008).

 

It is no surprise that he is widely regarded as "legendary" in the entertainment industry; Wolinsky, Becker & Hurewitz' audits recovered more than $100 million in settlement payments to its clients and Mr. Wolinsky's litigation support experience in the recording, music publishing, motion picture, television and media sectors includes giving expert witness testimony in landmark cases, such as:

 

  • B. J. Thomas et al v. Gusto, which established artist royalty standards in sound recording licensing to third parties.
     

  • Greenfield (The Ronettes) v. Philles Records (Phil Spector)

Mr. Wolinsky has been featured in Billboard Magazine and testified in the California State Senate hearings that ultimately led to the adoption of SB 1034, which expanded audit rights for artists and producers in the record industry.

Prior to his career in royalty audits and forensic accounting, Mr. Wolinsky worked in the television industry and he earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, where he was a member of the Phi Sigma Delta Fraternity, as well as his Masters in Business Administration from The University of Southern California.

In his spare time, Mr. Wolinsky volunteers as a "diabetes coach" to help those who are coping with the disease and fundraises to find a cure for diabetes and to fight blindness.

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